Day 12 of 166 Days of RV Adventures in the Summer of 2026

On Monday May 18th, we traveled from Petersburg Virginia to Lake Gaston in Littleton NC. We traveled on US 301 for most of the drive, except the small portion when we left the campground and turned to wrong way... my fault! 

Unique to Emporia, Virginia is Disc Golf. Emporia is known as the Disc Golf Capital of the World and home to Dynamic Discs and the Dynamic Discs Open that takes place every April in Emporia. Jeremy Rusco, founder and CEO of Dynamic Discs started his business for a class as a student in the School of Business.

There are more than 300 LOVEworks signs across Virginia. Emporia has used the slogan,"Virginia is for Lovers and Emporia is for Nuts" in many of their Peanut Festival ideas. With that said, Emporia is the perfect place to display a LOVEworks sign made of peanuts. Virginia's annual Peanut Festival is a family-friendly event in late September. The frstival features a carnival, live music, parade, car show, food, arts & crafts, and educational exhibits, with free admission. 

We have been here once, but going in the opposite direction! We crossed from Virginia back into North Carolina.

In the town of Weldon NC, you will find the Weldon Mills Distillery. It is an award-winning, small-batch micro-distillery, recognized nationally for its high-quality craft spirits. 

In less than a decade of operation, Weldon Mills Distillery has achieved extraordinary results. They have been recognized as the #1 small-batch micro-distillery in America.

Originally founded on the scenic banks of the Roanoke River, the business is shaped by many defining elements: a naturally beautiful landscape, pristine river water, and people with an unrelenting drive to succeed.

The Millhouse, their tasting room and event center, is in a historic 1892 corn mill right on the Roanoke River rapids. Visitors can catch a trolley from the historic tasting room to the production facility. Unique for RVers, they are a harvest host too!

We arrived at Thousand Trails - Lake Gaston. I will tell you more about the campground later. I will tell you we quickly learned it used to be an Outdoor World campground. We let ourselves in the gate and headed to site 64, our home for four nights.

After we got set up and rested, we headed into Littleton NC and made our first of many stops at Timber Waters Brewery. Tonight, Charlie has the Littleton Lager and I had a Honey Ale. More about the brewery in another blog!

Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures!